Tape-applying mechanism.



M. B. DISKIN.

TAPE APPLYING MEGHANISM.

APPLIGATION FILED JAN. 22, 190B. 91 2,545. Patented Fe'b. 16, 1909. 2 S HEETSSHEET l,

M. B. DISKIN.

TAPE APPLYING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22, 1908.

WITNESSES: [NVENTO]? J f ,512 k my I "nirnn sra'rns MOSES B. DISKIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TAPE-APPLYIN G MECHANISM.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Moses l5. DISKIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at cw York, in the county of New York and State of ,New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Tape-Applying Mechanism; and I do hereb declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements tape applying mechanism and more particularly to that class ada ted to be used in applying tapes to boxes, w iereby ar ticles may be secured in the boxes and my object is to provide means for introducing the tape through the walls of a box.

A further object is to severing the tape in lengt A still further object is to provide means for securing the severed end of the tape to the walls of the box and a still further object is to provide an adjustable support for the boxes, whereby boxes of various heights may be operated upon.

()ther objects and advantages will be here inafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings which are made a part of this application, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved tape apply ing mechanism ready to be appliedto use. Fi 2 is a detail sectional view thereof on an enfarged scale. Fig. 3 is a sectional view as seen on line 3-3, Fig. 2, and, Fig. 4 is a seetional view as seen on line 44, Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corres1mmling parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates a frame, which may be constructed in the usual or any preferred n'ianncr and has secured to its up )er end a platform 2. Adjacent one end of the platform 2, are parallel and 4-, the plate 3 being provided provide means for plates 0 with angular extensions 5, which extend below the platform 2 and are adjuslahly secured to said platform by means of bolts, or the like, (3, while lower end to the upper face of the platform 2 .-prefprably integral therewith.

Slidahlymounted above the platform 2, is a plunger 7, said plunger being mounted bctween guide plates 8 supymrted above the platform 2 in any preferred manner, as by Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed January 22, 1908.

inner face of the plate the plate 4 is secured at its Patented Feb. 16, 190 Serial No. 412,090.

means of standards 9, the meeting faces of the guide plates 8 having dove-tail channels I 10 therein, in which the edges of the plunger 7 are adapted to take, said edges being tapered to fit the dove-tail channels, thereby preventing the plunger from casual removal 1 from the guide plates and at the samev time permitting said plunger to move longitudinally. One end of the plungenterminates in a rod 11, which rod is of sullicient length to extend through an opening in an auxiliary l standard 12 extending upwardly from the rear end of the guide plates 8, that portion of the rod between the auxiliary standard and the end of the plunger 7 being surrounded by a spring 15- whereby the plunger will be normally held at the forward end of the guide plates.

The forward end of the plunger 7 is provided with a socket 14, into which is adapted to take the shank 15 of a needle 16, said shank being held in the socket in any preferrcd manner, as by means of a binding screw 17, the needle. 'being of suflicient length to extend through slots 18 and-19 in the plates 3 and 4, respectively and a distance beyond the plate- 3, whereby the pointed end 20 of the needle will extend through the wall of a box, or the like, placed against the outer face of the plate 3. The pointed end ef-the needle 16 is provided with an eye 21, through which is adapted to extend one is moved rearwardly out of engagcnurnt with the box and the tape severed at a point hetwccn thcbox and the end .oftho needle by means of a knife 24, said knife being vortically movably mounted in ways 25 on the 4, said knife depending from a head 26, which is in turn secured to the plunger 7 by means of links 27, the upper ends of said links being pivotally secured to the head 26, while the lower ends thereof are pivotally secured to the plunger 7 and it will bereadily seen that as said lunger moves rcarwardl ,.the knife will be lowered and the tape severed and when the plunger moves forwardly, the knife will be correspondingly elevated and moved out of the path of the needle.

As the spring 13 normally holds the plunger 7 at the forward end of the guide plates '8, I have provided means for moving the end in theauxiliary standard 1'3. said shaft having fixed thereto a lever 29, to the outer end of whieh is secured a pitman 250, said pitman being in turn secured at its lower end to a treadle bar 31, and by delivering pressure to th 50Uttl' end of said treadle bar, the end of thtilever 29 will be lowered and. tho shaft 28 rocked.

Loosely mounted upon the shaft 28 and at a point immediately above the head 26, is a cam 32, which aim is adapted to engage the curved surface 333 of the head 36 and depress said head, thereby lowering the knife 24 and moving the plunger 7 tothe rear of die guide plates 8. "lhe cam 32 is yieldinglv secured to the lever 29 by means of a coil spring, 34, said spring being wound around the shaft 28 and having one of its ends secured to the le ver 29 and the opposite end to the cam 32, thetension of said spring being sutlieient to lower the head 2e and more the plunger rearwardly, but, if for anyreason, the should fail to move rearwardly to clear the needle 16 of the knife 24, the spring 34 will yield sutlieiently to prevent thedestruction of the needle or knife.

After the tape has been int reduced through the wall of the box and the tape severed at a point between the needle and box, the severed end of the'tape is then secured to the outer wall of the be): and preferably by past ing, and to-readily accomplish this result, I locate a paste tank 35 below' the platform 2 and pivotal ly mount a substantially L-shaped lever 36 to the platform :2, the lever extending into the paste tank through a slot 37 formed substantially at the axial center of the platform, said lever being pivotally mounted in position and having its pivot point adjacent one end thereof, so that the longer end of the lever will be normally immersed in the. paste. The shorter end of the lever 36 is adapted to extend in the path of a presser foot 2-58 carried by the plunger 7, so that as said plunger is moved rearwardly, the extended end of the lever 36 will be engaged by said presser foot and the opposite end of said lever elevated, and by forming the angular extension 39 of the length to extendinto the path of the tape and securing to the upper end thereof any suit able form of danber N), that portion of the tape between the box and the end of the needle, will be supplied with a eoating of the plunger 7 v lover of sutlieiont paste. the elevation of the lever being so timed with respect to the movement of the dunger, as to engage the dauber to with the tap as soon as the point of the needle has been withdrawn. from the slot 18 in the plate 3, it being understood, of coursethat the tape will be pulled longitudinally through the opening formed in the box, the distance of the stroke of the plunger.

Slidably mounted in suitable guide ways 41, on the inner face of the plat e 2%, is a slide 42, said slide being provided ad iaee'nt its lower end with a brush 43, the object of said brush being to force the pasted end of the tape firmly against the outer face of the. box 'hereby the paste will adhere thereto and anchor the endof the tape, said slide being lowered simultaneously with the lowering of the head 26 and to accomplish this result, a. socket 44 is fofmed adiaeent the upper end of -t1he slide 42, in which is adapted to take a sleeve 45 extending from the end of a shank 46 carried by the head '36, the sleeve being held in its atljustedposition on the shank by means of a set screw 47.

Instead (of extending the pasted end of the tape downwardly or vertically, the same may be erttended horizontally, and to accomplish thislresult, an auxiliary slide 48 is slidably mounted inhorizontal guide-ways 49 and is moved longitudinally across the path of the tape by means of an arm 50, the upper end of the arm being fixed to the shaft. 28, while the lower end thereof is bifurcated to form lingers 51 and 52, saidfingers bein adapted to extend on opposite sides of stud 53 carried by the auxiliary slide 48, the inner being provlded with a brushend of the slide 54, similar to the brush on the slide 42 and adapted to accomplish the same purpose. \Vhen the pasted end of the tape is being extended horizontally, the slide l2 is disen gaged from the head 26 by rane'asing the set screw 47 and moving the sleeve .1-5 towards the head 26 and out of engagement with the soekettt, the slide 4? being held in its 'elevated position by means of a spring 55 and likewise when the auxiliary slide, 48 is not in use, the linger 51 is swung to a horizontal position and out of engagement with the stud 53, said iin er being pivotally secured to the arm 50 and held in its adjusted position by meansot' a binding screw 56.

The class of boxes to which the tapes are secured,- are pre-l'tn'ab y formed of cardboard andparticularly of that class in which shirts, hats or similar articles are to be stored, and in retaining the boxes in position to receive the end of the needle, l provide a bracket 57, said braeket being adj ustnbly secured to the depending end of the plate 3 by introdlu'ing a bolt 58 through a slot 59 and through the lower end of the bracket 57, the threaded end of said bolt being provided with a wing-nut 60, ivhereby the bracket may be clamped in its adjusted position, andto more readily gage the point of intersection of the needle with the wall of thebox, the front wall of the plate graduations 61, so that height of the Wall of the box, the brncl-zct 57 may be set in accordance with the graduations indicated on the plate I), thcleby insuring that the needle will pierce the wall of the box at the proper point.

The extensions .5 are provided with slots 62, through which the bolts 6 extend, so that the plate 3 may be moved towards or away from the plate 4, thereby l'orming a shorter or longer section of tape to be pasted, the shaft 28 being of sutticient length to "permit of such adjustment and likewise the sleeve 4-5 may be extended to compensate for such adjustment.

In operation, the plunger and needle car ried thereby is first movcd to the position shown in Fig. 1 by depressing the treadlc bar 31, alter which a box is placed on the bracket 57 and the pressure on the treadle bar removed. whereupon the spring 13 will move theplunger forwardly with sullicicnt force to drive the point of the needle throw-h the wall of the box, said box being iirnny held against the forward face of the plate in any preferred manner. The operator then secures the free end ol the tape and pulls l'orwardly on the same until a suliicient length of the tape has been pulled through the eye of the needle, when downward pressure is again directed on the treadle bar and the plunger again moved rearwardly, this action elevating the dauber 40 into engage ment with that portion of the tape between the end oi the needle and the Wall of the box and as the tape is pulled 'rearwardly by the needle, the tape will be thoroughly saturated with the paste. Alter the tape has been thoroughly saturated with the paste, a continued dliwnward pressure on the treadle bar will 'ming the knife 24 into engagement with the tape and sever the same, the severed portion then being engaged by either the brush 43 or 54 and pressed into engagement with the outer lace ol'the wall ol the box, the pressure of thebrush being shillcicnt to cause the tape to adhere to the box.

it will thus be seen that l li-ave'providml a very cheap and economical means lor applying 'tapc lo the walls of boxes and one wherein the hmglh ol' the pasted port/ion ol' the tape may be readily increased and disposed in dill'ercnt planes, this manner ol' applying the tape greatly l'acilitating the work, as well as reducing the expense thereof.

What I claim is: I

1. in a tape applying machine, the combination with a box supporting mechanism; of means to introduce a tape through the wall of a box, means connected to and operatingthe first named means to sever said 3 provided with i by asct'eitaming the j I tape and means operated by the first named means to attach the severed portion of the tape {on wall of the box.

2. The herein described means for securing tapes to the walls of a box comprising means for entering the tape through a wall of the 3 box, means 'to apply adhesive to a portion of said tape, said first named means being connected to and operated by the second named means and additional means to forcc that portionol the tape containing tlic'.-idhcsive into engagement with a wall of the l ox.

apply- 3. The herein"described means for ing tape to the walls oi a box comprising the combination with a needle; ol'-incans to extend said needle'through the wall of the box, a severingidefice for the tape, said first named means being secured to and operated hesive to the severed end of the tape and means carried by the severed ends of the tape containing adhesive into engagement with the wall of the box.

4. in a tape ap )lying device, the combination with a needle; ol means to reciprocate said needle, of' a knife mounted l'or movement intersecting the path of movement ol the ncedle, a pasting dcvice, connections between the lcnil'c and thc nccdlc for operating the same simultaneously and a contacting means, said contacting mcans being adapted to force the pasted portion of tape in engagement with an object.

5. The herein described means for attaching tape to the walls of boxes comprising the combination with a reciprocating needle; of a knife mounted for movement intersecting the path of travel of the needle, connections between the knife and the needle l'or n'ioving the same simultaimously, an adhesive applying device and a contacting means carried by the ltnile, said contacting means being adapted to force a pasted portion ol' tape in engagement with an object.

6. The herein descrilzed means for attacln ing tape to boxes comprising the combination with a needle; a reciprocating plunger carrying said needle and a foot carried by said plunger, of a pivotally mounted lever with one arm norn'ially in the 'mth oi said foot adapted to be connected hy said foot and brought into engagement with a portion of the tape whereby adhesive substance will be applied to the tape, means to sever the tape and means to force the severed portion 1 the tape into engagem nt with the wall oi the llUX.

by the severing device, means to apply ad- 7. in a tape applying device, the con'|bina-- tion of thetape, and a brush adapted to press the severed portion of the tape in position.

8. The herein described means for securing a tape to a receptacle comprising the combination with a reciprocating plunger and a needle carried by the plunger; of a cutting knil'c mounted to move in a direction'intersecting the path of travel of the needle and means to connect said knife with the plunger,

a cam adapted to cooperate with and lower said knife and means yieldingly secured to said cam to operate the same.

9. In a tape applying mechanism, the

., combination with a pair of parallel plates;

one of said plates being provided wlth an adjustable means for supporting the box, a

reciprocating knife carried by one of said plates and tape applying means movable across the line of travel of the knife.

10. A tape applying mechanism comprising the combination with a reciprocating needle; of a pair of plates adjustable one with relation to the other, a reciprocatin knife.

MOSES B. DISKIN.

' 'Witnesses:

C. A. NEALE, (l. S. FRrE. 

